commis

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French

Noun

commis (plural commis)

1. (obsolete) A deputy or clerk of a foreign official
2. (chiefly in combination) An assistant to a chef

Anagrams

• SimCom, momics, sim-com

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.mi/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

commis (feminine commise, masculine plural commis, feminine plural commises)

1. commercial

Noun

commis m (plural commis, feminine commise)

1. clerk
2. shop assistant; salesclerk

Related terms

• grand commis

Verb

commis

1. first-person singular past historic of commettre
2. second-person singular past historic of commettre

Participle

commis (feminine commise, masculine plural commis, feminine plural commises)

1. past participle of commettre

Participle

commis

1. masculine plural of the past participle of commettre

Further reading

• “commis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• gummis
• cummi
• gummi
• commi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mis/, [ˈkɔmːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkom.mis/, [ˈkɔmːis]

Noun

commis f (genitive commis or commeos); third declension

1. Alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	commis	commēs
Genitive	commis commeos	commium
Dative	commī	commibus
Accusative	commim	commēs commīs
Ablative	commī	commibus
Vocative	commis	commēs

References

• “gummi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cummi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.